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obama approval rating spike after election. a number of post-election polls suggest the president's more popular than ever. "usa today" gallup survey, 58% of americans have a favorable view of the president. the public's view of democrats also positive in the wake of a largely successful election for the party. 51% of those have a favorable impression of the party. 50% have an unfavorable opinion of the g.o.p. although gallup notes that americans have been negative on ballots since late 2005. rasmussen, the right wing poll -- even showed obama's approval rating reaching up. >> obama taking a phone call. southern states want to see you again. no i'm not going to call for civil war two. as soon as they repay the national debt. oh, really, they're broke? tell them to shut the hell up. >> stephanie: the president's going mitt. he said barack? he said i prefer mr. president. [ laughter ] all right. we've been documenting the best right wing freakouts over the president's re-election. how about this guy? man behind alabama secession
obama approval rating spike after election. a number of post-election polls suggest the president's more popular than ever. "usa today" gallup survey, 58% of americans have a favorable view of the president. the public's view of democrats also positive in the wake of a largely successful election for the party. 51% of those have a favorable impression of the party. 50% have an unfavorable opinion of the g.o.p. although gallup notes that americans have been negative on ballots since...
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. >> michael: a new poll found barack obama's approval rating under 50% for the first time since september. what is causing this drop? >> one quick footnote on the republicans. you just can't be against stuff. you have got to be for something if you ever want to win. republicans have not learned that basic lesson. on president obama's approval rating, whether it's 41 or 46%, i don't think it makes a damn bit of difference. he is at the blessed point where he is never going to run for office again and we have raised this question with jay carney at the briefing, the president can focus on doing what he believed is the right thing for america. and he is trying to get the focus on jobs and the economy where it has to be and should always be, and he is not going to worry about whether it is 35% or 45%, he is going to do what he thinks is best for this country. >> michael: yeah, i tend to agree. 35, i think i might argue with you a little bit, but you are right about 45 and if there is ever a time to be in a bad cycle it would be now because it gives you time to get out of it. >> yeah of course
. >> michael: a new poll found barack obama's approval rating under 50% for the first time since september. what is causing this drop? >> one quick footnote on the republicans. you just can't be against stuff. you have got to be for something if you ever want to win. republicans have not learned that basic lesson. on president obama's approval rating, whether it's 41 or 46%, i don't think it makes a damn bit of difference. he is at the blessed point where he is never going to run...
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obama's ratings were higher. he had 56% favorability versus mitt romney's 41%. >>> and more talk this morning about possible romney v.p. pick. rob portman was front and center when clinton picked gore. join us on line current.com/stephanie miller. we'll be right back. >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. ♪ >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show"! ♪ i'm walking on sunshine, woe ho ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ >> it is the stephanie miller. welcome it to. 6 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2. stephaniemiller.com. you it out anywhere. craig in fort worth played hooky to watch us today. >> hi, stephanie. i had to go ahead and take the day off to watch you on current tv. >> awesome. >> i just wanted to tell you, you are beautiful. >> thank you. lowe
obama's ratings were higher. he had 56% favorability versus mitt romney's 41%. >>> and more talk this morning about possible romney v.p. pick. rob portman was front and center when clinton picked gore. join us on line current.com/stephanie miller. we'll be right back. >>this is outrageous! [[vo]]cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the rest of the media seems like, "ho-hum, no big deal." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. just refreshing...
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it's the unemployment rate that can beat obama. >> okay. boris what is mitt romney's answer to the unemployment issue. i don't think the public is going to warm to his comments. they may not like where barack obama is taking us but they are not going to buy his warn tired prescription. >> his best option is what is my strength? it's turn around -- >> can i stop you for one second. the only thing i have seen him turn around is his own views. [ laughter ] >> exactly. >> but can this president make it a referendum on himself or not. in 1992 during that election in february, president george hw bush had a 76% approval rating -- >> here is the problem. the problem is that yes when you ask people about president obama maybe his approval rating is below 50%, but at a certain point people are going to ask here is mitt romney here is president obama which do you choose. and the obama administrate shun hasn't even begun to define mitt romney -- >> mitt romney has had a lot of incoupling missiles. he has takes a lot of unfavorable hit. but that hasn't
it's the unemployment rate that can beat obama. >> okay. boris what is mitt romney's answer to the unemployment issue. i don't think the public is going to warm to his comments. they may not like where barack obama is taking us but they are not going to buy his warn tired prescription. >> his best option is what is my strength? it's turn around -- >> can i stop you for one second. the only thing i have seen him turn around is his own views. [ laughter ] >> exactly....
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are confident that president obama is still poised to win the election. our next guest suggests that a second term is by no means a done deal. josh joins us from washington. josh welcome to "the war room." >> thanks for having me on the show. >> let's start with the not so doom and gloom stuff, which is in the midwest the president's numbers are actually looking fairly good aren't they? >> yeah and gallop did a survey and the one silver lining in the numbers was president obama was above water. so we're talking about states like michigan wisconsin, minnesota. there was some concern that because of the economy because of the president's numbers with blue collar white voters that he was losing ground there. but we have seen the president, vice president biden in michigan this week that's been a big reason why his numbers haven't slipped as much in the rust belt -- >> we'll get back to that in just a second josh. let's get to where you poke a pin in my balloon here the bad news describe that. because i think a lot of democrats would be surprised. >> yeah wel
are confident that president obama is still poised to win the election. our next guest suggests that a second term is by no means a done deal. josh joins us from washington. josh welcome to "the war room." >> thanks for having me on the show. >> let's start with the not so doom and gloom stuff, which is in the midwest the president's numbers are actually looking fairly good aren't they? >> yeah and gallop did a survey and the one silver lining in the numbers was...
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now of course this has affected president obama's approval ratings, but he is hanging in there. when you look at favorability some interesting numbers come up here. romney is in disastrous shape. obama is always -- all the way up at 56% i should say. his unfavorable is at 40. so obama is doing pretty good and romney has an unfavorable of 47%. it looks like obama is in fantastic shape, but then when i show you the overall how would you vote? real clear politics has it at 47 to 44, which is not much of a lead at all. gallup now has romney up by two. i want to bring in the senior polling editor, mark bloomen haul. great to have you on the program. it doesn't get any closer than that, so why the big discrepancy between the favorability numbers and who would you vote for? >> i think it's a conflict between two different sets of opinions. on the one hand americans like president obama personally and they don't like mitt romney as a person. but on the other hand there -- you know, the economy has done not well and americans will tell us they are disappointed in the way president obama
now of course this has affected president obama's approval ratings, but he is hanging in there. when you look at favorability some interesting numbers come up here. romney is in disastrous shape. obama is always -- all the way up at 56% i should say. his unfavorable is at 40. so obama is doing pretty good and romney has an unfavorable of 47%. it looks like obama is in fantastic shape, but then when i show you the overall how would you vote? real clear politics has it at 47 to 44, which is not...
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the latest "washington post" "abc news" poll has president obama's favorable rating at a two-year high at 56% compared to 35% for mitt romney. and romney's lagging among women, and the gender gab clearly mitt romney's strategic hurdle moving forward. i'm joined by politico white house reporter joe williams and and joel sawyer. thank you to both of you for joining me tonight. joel, let me begin with you. we're one week into the rebranding, this is your domain, the rebranding of mitt romney. he has had open running in this field for a week now, but i don't see anything different. i don't see any different to shake up the agenda or how we view him. he's got to do something dramatic. why isn't he doing something? >> you know, i don't that he necessarily has to do anything dramatic. if you look at the tone of what he said during the republican prime iprimary, i believe that will appeal to the voters. this is one reason frankly, he had problems to in connecting with connecting with the electorate as well. if you're mitt romney you keep on doing what you're doing. as the race starts to heat u
the latest "washington post" "abc news" poll has president obama's favorable rating at a two-year high at 56% compared to 35% for mitt romney. and romney's lagging among women, and the gender gab clearly mitt romney's strategic hurdle moving forward. i'm joined by politico white house reporter joe williams and and joel sawyer. thank you to both of you for joining me tonight. joel, let me begin with you. we're one week into the rebranding, this is your domain, the rebranding...
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despite a recent up tick in president obama's approval rating it still stands below 50% while the unemployment rate is 8%. to address the new reality the 300 plus people here are working to build a bigger, more organized army. >> this is the team that helps us when we send out e-mails about what is happening for women for obama. >> they need to make sure that their core constituencies get involved and stay involved until voter day. that's michael black's job. >> what are we doing every state, every person around the country, we want them engaged with what is happening in the campaign. >> many of the groups you're targeting, most people would say, well, those are his voters anyway, why do you need to have an aggressive effort to get them out? it's not really about persuasion, is it? >> you can never assume that anyone is going to show up to vote. we have to make sure that we're using the time to get people energized and engaged. >> who is in charge? jeremy bird is the national field directer. >> so our goal is to have between 15 and 20,000 local neighborhood teams with captain canvass cam tans,
despite a recent up tick in president obama's approval rating it still stands below 50% while the unemployment rate is 8%. to address the new reality the 300 plus people here are working to build a bigger, more organized army. >> this is the team that helps us when we send out e-mails about what is happening for women for obama. >> they need to make sure that their core constituencies get involved and stay involved until voter day. that's michael black's job. >> what are we...
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president obama saw his approval rating drop in the aftermath too. politics is still a zero-sum game. as long as both sides paid a price for this and the price was somewhat comparable to each other, then i don't think they'll be scared to go back in in the gladiator's arena, so to seek. >> eliot: and it may an situation where neither party wins, which is was the take away in the tobacco where nobody looked good nobody looked senator, congressional aaron blake, thank you for area insights this evening. >> thank you. >> eliot: coming up, current's exclusive report in american turn against his country to wage jihad. now his jihadi friend have turned against him. >>> and 41 senators can filibuster a bill. but can four members of congress stop the filibuster? stay tuneddddddddddddddddddddddddddd (vo) don't miss your chance to catch the premiere of the gavin newsom show. with special guests: >> i'm lance armstrong. if somebody put my back into a corner, i'm coming out swinging. [ male announcer ] cookies with smooth caramel and chocolate. ♪ ♪ hmm twix.
president obama saw his approval rating drop in the aftermath too. politics is still a zero-sum game. as long as both sides paid a price for this and the price was somewhat comparable to each other, then i don't think they'll be scared to go back in in the gladiator's arena, so to seek. >> eliot: and it may an situation where neither party wins, which is was the take away in the tobacco where nobody looked good nobody looked senator, congressional aaron blake, thank you for area insights...
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obama approval rating 51%. thank god it seems like thus far people get this for the noise it is right? >> yeah. there's some important noise in there but it certainly doesn't reflect the scandal coverage you know pew has done polling on what stories people are following and gallup has pointed out that you know, the so-called -- the three so-called scandals really don't rate in terms of big white house presidential news events. compared to recent years. but you know, that doesn't stop the pundits, right? gerald steve at the "wall street journal" on monday talking about, you know, obama's second term blues. bill of "the new york times" talking about how obama's second term has been knocked off-course. and if you look at gallup's "washington post" cnn, his ratings are actually up in the last two weeks. for a president who's been derailed by scandal, he hasn't been derailed at all. all of the pundits talking about how his credibility is damage and you can't trust the white house. it is kind of clintonesque in that
obama approval rating 51%. thank god it seems like thus far people get this for the noise it is right? >> yeah. there's some important noise in there but it certainly doesn't reflect the scandal coverage you know pew has done polling on what stories people are following and gallup has pointed out that you know, the so-called -- the three so-called scandals really don't rate in terms of big white house presidential news events. compared to recent years. but you know, that doesn't stop the...
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obama approval rating today 51%. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and he talked about umbrella gate. lou dobbs going off over umbrella gate. >> lou dobbs used to be the storied reporter -- >> stephanie: yeah, and now he is literally the old man shaking his fists at the clouds. he president yesterday. >> obama: too often our politics aren't focused on the same things you. making sure your kids have every chance in life. >> stephanie: eric boleert also tweeted administration wide intimidation. yeah. this is literally. kind of funny mer dock's wall street journal drops benghazi and changes this as the scandal that would change everything. and the best tweet ever from eric bolling from fox news. conspiracy theory in me says that is a cover for the about to explode benghazi scandal. [ explosion ] >> stephanie: so umbrella is really a cover for asparagus gate, which is really a coffer for car thief gate, and eric holder is involved. >> stephanie: dan [ inaudible ] yesterday. >> there is no questions that republicans are trying to make political hey here. they are trying to drag washington
obama approval rating today 51%. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and he talked about umbrella gate. lou dobbs going off over umbrella gate. >> lou dobbs used to be the storied reporter -- >> stephanie: yeah, and now he is literally the old man shaking his fists at the clouds. he president yesterday. >> obama: too often our politics aren't focused on the same things you. making sure your kids have every chance in life. >> stephanie: eric boleert also tweeted...
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to begin with, president obama's last approval rating was 50%, five times higher than that of congress. but mitt romney's approval rating is 40. even bush 43 our least popular president, coincidently has an approval rating of 43. and the president of pakistan. really? a nation blighted by bombings and food shortages, his abysmal ratings were still twice as high as our construction. even the banks and financial institutions beat congress by public opinion. all right. you can't please everyone. 16% of americans said they didn't even like the olympics. but that means disapproval of the olympics is still six points higher than approval of congress. the legislator even got beat think the long island power authority. and you are not going to believe the last one the transportation safety administration that's right the people who stop you from taking mouthwash on an airplane even they have a higher rating. they probe people and pat them down but leave us with more dignity than congress. m05065 [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> eliot: the hot issue right now, medicare. who is doing what to it and wh
to begin with, president obama's last approval rating was 50%, five times higher than that of congress. but mitt romney's approval rating is 40. even bush 43 our least popular president, coincidently has an approval rating of 43. and the president of pakistan. really? a nation blighted by bombings and food shortages, his abysmal ratings were still twice as high as our construction. even the banks and financial institutions beat congress by public opinion. all right. you can't please everyone....
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president obama's approval rating went up two points and republican approval rating is lower than ever. but that doesn't mean it's not a legitimate investigation into whether it's the irs or ap or whatever the case may be. just because there is an investigation and something to investigate, it doesn't mean that president obama was on his blackberry, making the phone calls, making these things happen. >> michael: yeah, i think our idea of what the president is doing with his time is actually so different from what he is actually doing. all of these competing dc controversies were put into perspective, take a listen. >> when you look at the irs, and the benghazi issue, and the ap issue, i think the trouble isn't even the individual specific scandal, it's a broader notion that there is pattern of this activity. what we don't want to have happen is americans lose faith and trust in their institutions. >> michael: has the obama administration done enough to repain the public's trust? and if not what more needs to be done? >> when you listen to that quote, what is missing is the pattern bein
president obama's approval rating went up two points and republican approval rating is lower than ever. but that doesn't mean it's not a legitimate investigation into whether it's the irs or ap or whatever the case may be. just because there is an investigation and something to investigate, it doesn't mean that president obama was on his blackberry, making the phone calls, making these things happen. >> michael: yeah, i think our idea of what the president is doing with his time is...
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in favorability ratings president obama is where he was 56% and above mitt romney. but mitt romney has risen above 50% for the first time. he's at 51%. it obviously helped romney a little bit although it didn't hurt the president as much. when you look at the national polls president obama was up by seven points. he's now up by five points. he has lost two points in that poll. it's not a huge difference but a little bit of a movement. rasmussen is a conservative polling organization much more favorable to romney they have them at 49-47 with still obama in the lead. if rasmussen has obama in the lead he must be way up. with romney more centrist and pretending to be moderate. sticking with that 47% line how i didn't care about those guys, maybe that wasn't such a good idea. go ahead a load of mitt romney on the 47% issue. where he started and where he wound out today. >> all right, there are 47% who are with, who believe that they are victims. >> it's a message with i meant to carry and will continue to carry. the president's approach is attractive to people who are n
in favorability ratings president obama is where he was 56% and above mitt romney. but mitt romney has risen above 50% for the first time. he's at 51%. it obviously helped romney a little bit although it didn't hurt the president as much. when you look at the national polls president obama was up by seven points. he's now up by five points. he has lost two points in that poll. it's not a huge difference but a little bit of a movement. rasmussen is a conservative polling organization much more...
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now, obama's approval ratings just hit a three-year high. so this is going to be very difficult. remember in 2009 after obama won the first time, congressional republicans didn't attack the president. they attacked nancy pelosi and harry reid. they avoided talking about -- >> but here, they have to go one on one with the president because he's the one that they're fighting with. it is not really harry reid and nancy pelosi leading the charge. >> bill: the other thing they say, we can absorb this. it won't be so bad. $1.2 trillion, that's over ten years. yet the pentagon comes out yesterday with a -- not with a study, they reported that they've already told 800,000 civilian employees you're going to face a furlough if this kicks in. that means they take one day a week off. that's a 20% cut in their pay. again, i'm trying to get in the mindset of republicans who think it is a good idea to let this happen. >> well, even unless -- if you look at the defense spending that we would go back, this would roughly be what the defense department was spending in 2006-2007 when they're waging
now, obama's approval ratings just hit a three-year high. so this is going to be very difficult. remember in 2009 after obama won the first time, congressional republicans didn't attack the president. they attacked nancy pelosi and harry reid. they avoided talking about -- >> but here, they have to go one on one with the president because he's the one that they're fighting with. it is not really harry reid and nancy pelosi leading the charge. >> bill: the other thing they say, we...
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>> they started patching up not long after president obama was innewing rated. the 2008 campaign was really rough and tumble but once obama was in office and hillary clinton had become the secretary of state, these two men had started to repair their relationship. >> you guys even called him the obama whisperer, which i totally love, but do you think from what you have seen in your role that they actually like one another, or they have to do this? >> i'm not sure these are two guys who are going to get a cabin out on the lake together and go fishing together. but they are working well together. and bill clinton has already established himself even before as someone who could help spread the message for president obama and help guide him on a rougher approach. >> i -- i feel like after water under the bridge that they actually like one another. how could -- you know they share obviously similar goals. they are both affable people i would imagine that now that hilary and barack obama, that all of that is bygones be bygones. now president clinton is suggesting a ne
>> they started patching up not long after president obama was innewing rated. the 2008 campaign was really rough and tumble but once obama was in office and hillary clinton had become the secretary of state, these two men had started to repair their relationship. >> you guys even called him the obama whisperer, which i totally love, but do you think from what you have seen in your role that they actually like one another, or they have to do this? >> i'm not sure these are two...
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it's growing at a 4% rate. obama must be off the chart--what? it turns out the public sector actually went found under president obama. in fact, they cut a lot of jobs. i thought they said it was the opposite. now what about the private sector. bush right there, we can see it's going down. under president obama, well look at that, going up. so, in fact, the private sector looks like it did pretty well, and the public sector did poorly. just like president obama said. in fact, did you know that this is august of 2008, and again right around where the collapse began to happen, 662,000 jobs were lost in the public sector local, state and federal government. now they're saying it's too much. but we've been shedding government jobs at the clip of hundreds of thousands. how about the private sector. they're not doing fine at all, right? i would love for them to be doing better, but the reality is we've had 27 months of months job creation. and so was president obama right? largely speaking he was right. of course being right is a big big crime in wash
it's growing at a 4% rate. obama must be off the chart--what? it turns out the public sector actually went found under president obama. in fact, they cut a lot of jobs. i thought they said it was the opposite. now what about the private sector. bush right there, we can see it's going down. under president obama, well look at that, going up. so, in fact, the private sector looks like it did pretty well, and the public sector did poorly. just like president obama said. in fact, did you know that...
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that's why i was saying you know what, they might increase the rates because president obama has said it way too many times not to increase the rates at all, but although as we've sheen you, they've also hint haded they might lower rates. he's not going to go back up and take the bush tax cuts away. the final might be 37%. politico same reporting as the wall street journal on that. they say it might be about $1.2 trillion in tax increases. they say realistically it could be closer to a trillion dollars. that's similar to what we've been hearing. the democrats are supposed to have leverage, but looks like they'll get the same trillion dollars that president obama has always been asking for. finally, or two final notes on this we've got the $1.2 trillion in cuts that we might be getting. that's weird because it looked like the cuts were going to be much more than that. we'll see how that plays out. on medicaid, they say the floor is $400 billion. that's definitive. they are going to cut at least $400 billion from medicare, but it could be much, much higher. speaking of medicare, this is
that's why i was saying you know what, they might increase the rates because president obama has said it way too many times not to increase the rates at all, but although as we've sheen you, they've also hint haded they might lower rates. he's not going to go back up and take the bush tax cuts away. the final might be 37%. politico same reporting as the wall street journal on that. they say it might be about $1.2 trillion in tax increases. they say realistically it could be closer to a trillion...
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ratings. >> well, you know what? i don't know why i was surprised. >> that's what he does. he does a clown show. anna, thank you. appreciate it. now, speaking of clowns, when we come back, we are going to do our first ever king con segment about a right-wing blogger who says some absurd things. i am coming for her. visit fiatusa.com planned parenthood. anna talked to a conservative and it got a little contentious. drama, when we return. (vo)weeknights... >>the weakest citizen in this country is more important than the strongest corporation. my god, this is one of the stupidest things i've ever heard! you got a bone to pick with that? the blood is in the water and the sharks are bipartisan. 19
ratings. >> well, you know what? i don't know why i was surprised. >> that's what he does. he does a clown show. anna, thank you. appreciate it. now, speaking of clowns, when we come back, we are going to do our first ever king con segment about a right-wing blogger who says some absurd things. i am coming for her. visit fiatusa.com planned parenthood. anna talked to a conservative and it got a little contentious. drama, when we return. (vo)weeknights... >>the weakest citizen...
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ratings. >> well, you know what? i don't know why i was surprised. >> that's what he does. he does a clown show. anna, thank you. appreciate it. now, speaking of clowns, when we come back, we are going to do our first ever king con segment about a right-wing blogger who says some absurd things. i am coming for her. visit fiatusa.com you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. current covers: brought to you by the new scion iq. the ted conference brings together the brightest minds to transform the world through big ideas and innovation. to learn more go to current.com/scioniq. scion: what moves you. >> back on the u block here it's time for our first ever king
ratings. >> well, you know what? i don't know why i was surprised. >> that's what he does. he does a clown show. anna, thank you. appreciate it. now, speaking of clowns, when we come back, we are going to do our first ever king con segment about a right-wing blogger who says some absurd things. i am coming for her. visit fiatusa.com you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep you'd be targeting stocks...
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if we were growing at reagan rates instead of obama rates we'd have 10 million people working and a lot more revenue in the cougher. let's get more revenue through growth. >> stephanie: oh my god seriously and they signed these pledges what, 20 years ago? seriously, this guy just scrape him off your shoe. >> everybody who signed the pledge including peter king who tried to weasel out of it, shame on him as the new york sun said today. >> new york sun? >> understands that commitments last a little longer than two years or something. >> oh, you're comparing your stupid little pledge to his marriage to his wife. oh, i see. what? all right you're really priceless, grover, grover, grover, grover. ♪ >> yeah, he he's going off the deep end getting personal like that. i'm for getting rid of p.b.s. if it gets rid of grover. >> stephanie: kids, what's fun in one word? soda stream, right? >> yeah. >> stephanie: fun! wow! there was a lot of annoying kids in that commercial. it's a new way to enjoy soda made at home in less than 30 seconds. right? it took a lot longer than that to get to the park
if we were growing at reagan rates instead of obama rates we'd have 10 million people working and a lot more revenue in the cougher. let's get more revenue through growth. >> stephanie: oh my god seriously and they signed these pledges what, 20 years ago? seriously, this guy just scrape him off your shoe. >> everybody who signed the pledge including peter king who tried to weasel out of it, shame on him as the new york sun said today. >> new york sun? >> understands that...
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on all of the ratings he is way ahead of obama on that score. what independents are going to make their decision on and they will make it in october or early november, they will wait until the last minute. what they will make their decision on is how is the economy for me right now? that's -- that's how they will make their decision. that's their number one concern. they do care about deficits. it's right up there. definitely more than democrats about deficit. >> i have to give karl the last word here. when i hear they don't know the difference between the two i tend to think you should study up a little bit. >> yeah, cutely but at the end of the day what people will vote on is the future of the country, and people don't want to go back to george w. bush. romney's advisors said his economic policies would be george bush on steroids. that should be enough to win them over. >> all right. thank you both very much. i really appreciate it. when we come back kristin bower is from true blood, but she thinks the real vampires are the oil companies tryin
on all of the ratings he is way ahead of obama on that score. what independents are going to make their decision on and they will make it in october or early november, they will wait until the last minute. what they will make their decision on is how is the economy for me right now? that's -- that's how they will make their decision. that's their number one concern. they do care about deficits. it's right up there. definitely more than democrats about deficit. >> i have to give karl the...
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because president obama is violating the constitution. yeah, ted, if only they had defecated all over themselves to avoid service like you did during vietnam, they might have a smidgen of the dignity and self-respect you enjoy strutting around with but i don't have time to tell you about all of the stupid things ted has said. al jazeera is going to take over in a few months. i'll focus on this. ted is criticizing the michigan tourist industry and the hash bash hippie in charge who is promoting hang-gliding and tulip festivals at the expense of the manly outdoorsy things he's into like hunting fishing and being musically irrelevant. the pure michigan tourism campaign has come under some legitimate criticism for touting the state's anti-union right-to-work laws. now you would think this would even please a guy like ted nugent. even michigan's hippie hash bashers are employing nonunion brownie baking scabs. wtf, michigan. i love you. i love jen granholm. rock n' roll can change lives. rock n' roll can save your soul so for the sake of rock n
because president obama is violating the constitution. yeah, ted, if only they had defecated all over themselves to avoid service like you did during vietnam, they might have a smidgen of the dignity and self-respect you enjoy strutting around with but i don't have time to tell you about all of the stupid things ted has said. al jazeera is going to take over in a few months. i'll focus on this. ted is criticizing the michigan tourist industry and the hash bash hippie in charge who is promoting...
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second term at this rate. it's up to the states to adopt smart gun-safety laws. the top ten states from deaths from guns also had the weakest gun-safety laws but the reverse is also true because seven out of the ten states with the lowest number of deaths from guns also had the strongest gun-safety laws. including background checks and prohibit the sale of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, and those that require law enforcement to do more background checks before issuing concealed weapons permits. with me tonight is mark glaze, he is the director of mayors against guns. mark is joining me from new york. thanks for coming inside "the war room," mark. >> thank you for having me. >> jennifer: i know you have on the air a lot because of the tragedy last week. i'm curious about the policy arm of your organization and what can be done on the state level. many states have or are introducing laws to allow more concealed weapons in public schools, for example. what is your organization doing at this point f
second term at this rate. it's up to the states to adopt smart gun-safety laws. the top ten states from deaths from guns also had the weakest gun-safety laws but the reverse is also true because seven out of the ten states with the lowest number of deaths from guns also had the strongest gun-safety laws. including background checks and prohibit the sale of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, and those that require law enforcement to do more background checks before issuing concealed...
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another reason as the economy goes up, so do president obama's ratings. so that would be why he's on a roll right now. just two months ago, of course they were tied but if rick santorum would go up against obama, obama would beat him by seven points in santorum's home state. >>> the president has meetings at the white house today. nothing on his public schedule but if you need a little bit of a fix of the president, you can go online to pininterest. obama for america announced via twitter that you can find barack obama at at pininterest and be careful, it's addictive. >>> and mitt romney is doing is some fund-raising for a couple of days. rick santorum will be in wisconsin. and newt gingrich has slimmed down his campaign by a third. he will be at georgetown and ron paul is at the university of maryland. >>> the supreme court is starting the third day of hearing on the constitutionality of healthcare reform. they will talk about whether or not it can survive without the mandate. they will also take on the expansion of medicaid. join us in chat at current.c
another reason as the economy goes up, so do president obama's ratings. so that would be why he's on a roll right now. just two months ago, of course they were tied but if rick santorum would go up against obama, obama would beat him by seven points in santorum's home state. >>> the president has meetings at the white house today. nothing on his public schedule but if you need a little bit of a fix of the president, you can go online to pininterest. obama for america announced via...
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your score card was pretty favorable except for one exception, you rated president obama in communication an "f." what is communicating selling the agenda? selling the success? >> yes and it's kind of astonishing that a president that had such oratorycal skills and such a fantastic writer has such difficulties crafting bumper stickerrers. if you think about the healthcare debate i don't think he came up with a good bumper sticker to sell it with a good message. he still gave some good speeches but there aren't really that many in his first term. it's always said that candidates, when you're running for office you speak in poetry. then you governor in prose. but the--boom's prose while governing has really felt like latin. i think maybe he has not appreciated until recently the power of bully pulpit. it's not just about announcements but winning over the public. i think over the past few years he has risen to the responsibility. >> gavin: interesting. what is your sense--can you sum up with any clarity what a second term will look like or would look like, i'm assuming success. he has made
your score card was pretty favorable except for one exception, you rated president obama in communication an "f." what is communicating selling the agenda? selling the success? >> yes and it's kind of astonishing that a president that had such oratorycal skills and such a fantastic writer has such difficulties crafting bumper stickerrers. if you think about the healthcare debate i don't think he came up with a good bumper sticker to sell it with a good message. he still gave...
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to begin with, president obama's last approval rating was 50% five times higher than congress. but in fairness, mitt romney's approval rate something 40. even bush 43, our least popular living president coincidentally has an approval rating of 43. none of that might surprise you but here's someone who might. the president of pakistan. really? in a nation blighted by bombings and food shortages his abysmal ratings in his country were still twice as high as our congress'. even the banks and financial institutions that crashed our economy beat congress in public opinion by 12 points. and while members of congress love to rail against socialism socialism beats them by 20%. all right you can't please everyone. 16% of americans said they didn't even like the olympics. the legislature even got beat by the most hated company in america, the long island power that is right, how can you be less popular than a power company that keeps having blackouts. and you're not going to believe the last one the transportation safety administration. that's right. the people who stop you from taking m
to begin with, president obama's last approval rating was 50% five times higher than congress. but in fairness, mitt romney's approval rate something 40. even bush 43, our least popular living president coincidentally has an approval rating of 43. none of that might surprise you but here's someone who might. the president of pakistan. really? in a nation blighted by bombings and food shortages his abysmal ratings in his country were still twice as high as our congress'. even the banks and...
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. >> i have to rate that mostly fiction. >> eliot: while the obama campaign fought back today, the president seemed tired and disconnected and glad it was all over last night. >> obama: i want to thank governor romney because i think it was a terrific debate. and i very much appreciate it. >> eliot: minutes later liberal commentators began screaming about the attack lines the president could have used but ignored. why no mention of romney's damming comments that 47% of americans were freeloaders dependent on government handouts. obama campaign adviser david plough had an answer. it wasn't very good. >> 47%, that's an issue that 100% of the country knows about. the president wanted to tell the american people here's my job plan. focused on energy and education on the right way to fix the deficit. romney's approach is the wrong approach on taxes on deficit on wall street reform, on medicare and healthcare. >> eliot: on "good morning america," comedian jon stewart said he tried the same strategy in an upcoming debate with bile o'reilly. >> strategy that obama took, it is the rope-a-dope but ins
. >> i have to rate that mostly fiction. >> eliot: while the obama campaign fought back today, the president seemed tired and disconnected and glad it was all over last night. >> obama: i want to thank governor romney because i think it was a terrific debate. and i very much appreciate it. >> eliot: minutes later liberal commentators began screaming about the attack lines the president could have used but ignored. why no mention of romney's damming comments that 47% of...
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it was a way bigger victory for obama than obama expected. >> three is he would lower the highest rate on the wealthiest of americans down to 25%. >> uh-huh. >> so again, that was a referendum on that last november. president obama kept saying, if you want the rich to pay higher taxes, vote for me. if you want the tax breaks for rich, vote for romney. >> you have named the big ones >> bill: i didn't get to obama care of right. >> this is where to me the true cruelty of this is he says he does one of the graduate comic lines of all things. we are going to reduce spending by, like 5 trillion over this amount of time 7 trillion. >> 10 years. >> we are a growing country. we have a growing number of people, and we have inflation and when you take that kind of cut and leave a few things sacrosanct. right? leave certain areas you are not supposedly going to hit, what that means is who is going to get hit the hardest: poor children >> bill: you know it. >> a theme for the ryan budget like a picture of a little girl saying, looking up at the camera saying, mama paul ryan says i have got to give
it was a way bigger victory for obama than obama expected. >> three is he would lower the highest rate on the wealthiest of americans down to 25%. >> uh-huh. >> so again, that was a referendum on that last november. president obama kept saying, if you want the rich to pay higher taxes, vote for me. if you want the tax breaks for rich, vote for romney. >> you have named the big ones >> bill: i didn't get to obama care of right. >> this is where to me the true...
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latest approval ratings show no decline at all. and will the tea party use the troubles to get their groove back? you bet ya. and erotic fiction is on the rise. i'll find out why this genre is hotter than ever tonight. [♪ theme music ♪] >> joy: if you thought fox new's coverage of the irs scandal was funny, check out seth meyers and amy poehler on snl.
latest approval ratings show no decline at all. and will the tea party use the troubles to get their groove back? you bet ya. and erotic fiction is on the rise. i'll find out why this genre is hotter than ever tonight. [♪ theme music ♪] >> joy: if you thought fox new's coverage of the irs scandal was funny, check out seth meyers and amy poehler on snl.
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approval rating or hitting obama up against romney, time and again consistently, they've shown obama doing well. fox has been in the corner not knowing what to do. this has gone on all year. they bury the polls and look for the silver linings but now it is incredibly embarrassing because they're telling all of the viewers, none of the polls can be trusted and -- >> stephanie: i can't blame them. >> how would you like to be the head of polling at fox news and -- >> stephanie: i have more bad news. >> telling the viewers you're a schmuck and you don't know what you're doing. >> stephanie: i can't wait for election night. it turns out everything we've been saying is -- do not believe us. >> bouquet of flowers as an apology. >> they have to. poor karl rove will be tearing his hair out if he had any left. >> stephanie: eric boehlert remains in the side sidecar. we continue with the right-wing world right after the commercials. >> announcer: it's "the stephanie miller show." cted. >>stephanie miller challenges the system, now it's your turn. >>it's a little bit of magic. >>connect with "ta
approval rating or hitting obama up against romney, time and again consistently, they've shown obama doing well. fox has been in the corner not knowing what to do. this has gone on all year. they bury the polls and look for the silver linings but now it is incredibly embarrassing because they're telling all of the viewers, none of the polls can be trusted and -- >> stephanie: i can't blame them. >> how would you like to be the head of polling at fox news and -- >> stephanie: i...
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stimulus, the increase in the rate of federal spending is lower under president obama than it has been in 60 years. let me say that again, the increase in of rate of federal spending is lower under this president, mr. mitt romney, than it has been in 60 years. here to further debunk obama is a social i will meme, is markos moulitsas, founder of "the daily kos." so glad you are here inside "the war room." >> my pleasure. >> we are really, really glad to be here and to be able to pick your brain a bit about this issue about the president, and what the right is constantly saying that he is some big-spending socialist blah blah, blah. you wrote an interesting column today in "the hill" which basically said if you want a moderate, vote for the president. >> absolutely. this is somebody who spent the last four years where republicans got crushed. obama decided he was going to try to bring republicans in and come up with some kind of consensus, and he really believed it for three years. he took an idea out of the heritage foundation called the individual mandate for the health care, and one t
stimulus, the increase in the rate of federal spending is lower under president obama than it has been in 60 years. let me say that again, the increase in of rate of federal spending is lower under this president, mr. mitt romney, than it has been in 60 years. here to further debunk obama is a social i will meme, is markos moulitsas, founder of "the daily kos." so glad you are here inside "the war room." >> my pleasure. >> we are really, really glad to be here...
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according to the obama administration the rate of increase in healthcare spending went up 3.9% in 2011. a mall amount. it's the same increase that we saw in 2009 and 2010. for the record those are the lowest up ticks in more than half a century. pretty good. now for the bad news. anthem blue cross wants to hike their premiums by 26%. insurers in florida and ohio have already increased patients' rates by 20%. how is this happening and what can be done to stop it? we're going to put those questions to dave jones, who is leading the charge against the wild rate hikes that the insurance companies are planning. he's coming to us from sacramento. dave welcome inside "the war room." >> a pleasure to be with you jennifer. >> jennifer: tell us for people who have not been following this, why are these rate hikes happening in some states and not in others? >> the problem in california and other states is that there is nothing in the affordable care act or in state law that gives the insurance regulator the authority to reject excessive health insurance or hmo rate hikes. that's a glaring loophol
according to the obama administration the rate of increase in healthcare spending went up 3.9% in 2011. a mall amount. it's the same increase that we saw in 2009 and 2010. for the record those are the lowest up ticks in more than half a century. pretty good. now for the bad news. anthem blue cross wants to hike their premiums by 26%. insurers in florida and ohio have already increased patients' rates by 20%. how is this happening and what can be done to stop it? we're going to put those...
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objections accusing him of what he called second rate people. he was talking about john kerry under secretary of state second rate, every one of them, superb pick. john kerry was born for this position. i am a huge hillary fan. he brings more experience to this position than like anybody else. chuck haguen noz the gone inside and out. he is a veteran. a war hero served on the senate armed services committee and then john brennan served 25 years at the cia before he went to the white house. now he is going back to the cia. the only thing you can say about dick cheney is he knows about second rate. he knows about second rate because he is responsible for giving us the most second-rate vice president in our history. himself. second rate. >> on what criteria is he looking for. >> for a better cabinet position. chuck hagel especially. i have to say follow the example of his former boss george w. bush, who was doing the right thing, you know. george bush went back to dallas. he's painting nude portraits of himself. >> he is painting, painting and he i
objections accusing him of what he called second rate people. he was talking about john kerry under secretary of state second rate, every one of them, superb pick. john kerry was born for this position. i am a huge hillary fan. he brings more experience to this position than like anybody else. chuck haguen noz the gone inside and out. he is a veteran. a war hero served on the senate armed services committee and then john brennan served 25 years at the cia before he went to the white house. now...
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. >> you are not wrong -- >> if they don't increase the tax rates obama is an enormous sell is out how is that for clear? >> agreed. >> when we come back, hostess is going out of business but probably not for the reason everybody else is telling. >> the economic down turn hit hostess hard. they lost 340 million last year. >> we are not some free union workers. >> why he might be right. >> and a republican in maine is amazed that he cease black people. >> there were dozens and voted election day. everybody has the right to >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>you couldn't say it any more powerfully than that. >> current tv, on the roll. (vo)followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really is incredible. (vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon. >> hostess brands is an 82-year-old business and has 18,000 workers and say they are shuttering everything down and will go into bankrupt. there goes twinkies, snow balls and ho-h
. >> you are not wrong -- >> if they don't increase the tax rates obama is an enormous sell is out how is that for clear? >> agreed. >> when we come back, hostess is going out of business but probably not for the reason everybody else is telling. >> the economic down turn hit hostess hard. they lost 340 million last year. >> we are not some free union workers. >> why he might be right. >> and a republican in maine is amazed that he cease black...